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Show WIN OF 1912 OFFICIALLY CLOSED HL Chairmen and Their Assist-H; Assist-H; mils. Vacate Headquarters Hj of Various Parlies. VICTORS ARE MODEST Senator Gardner Not Boast-H Boast-H ful; Democrats Have Hi Cause for Rejoicing-. H:; Tho campaign of 1912 is officially over H 'o far a? all of the state headquarters if the various parties are concerned. Tho H nffice forces of the three leading pnrtieH H. were busy yesterday winding up the of- Ht fairs of the state nnd county committees f, awl the furniture vans Inst night too); W the desks and tables hack to the stores H. fiom which tlicy were ranted. Considerable jubilation was apparent H a I tho Hcpnbllcnn headquarters yester- H da when tho successful candidates for Mate officers mot' and presented State c.ialrmiiii Jlcnry Gardner with a beauti-H: beauti-H: f''1 leather rt'Ckcr In tolccn of their ap- prei-hillon of hi hard work in their bc- iair during tho campaign. The slnte H,. chairman had the hardest fight the Flc- H publican party lias experienced in rc- H cul years uiitl Republican party leaders H u f Senator Gardner great credit for the Ht- Chairman Is Modest. H Senator G.inlner speaks of the victory niorei-ly. Ills pte-clcollon claims were apuarcntlv exceeded by the plurality v filled by" the thket. Speaking of the rc-,nt. rc-,nt. or the contests Senator Gardner H' "When a boy I went deer hunting with niv father. I pot a shot at a deer and lie bullet struck the deer's horn and. ' glancing off. hit the deer in the head -t .0,1 killed it. .My father looked at the j lad der and said. 'That was a hit that ! ame as near belntr a miss as anything I 1 ave ever seen.' The incident describes H the rr.ult of the content here." I Democrats Not Downcast, i Judge Samuel U. Thurman. Denio- 1 r ratio state chairman, is In I'rovo on ' l'"l business. While Judge Thunnan '-. disappointed at I Ii- failure of the I f.tioiratli- stale ticket, he in rejoicing v i Hi the IMah county Democrats over lhir j. weeping victory In that county (he lirst time in many years. Qthrr uroinliii'iu Democratic lenders profess to hi not a I all downcast over the reunite, i dec-luring thai the sloom of defeat Is Hi:;ely dispelled here by the .sweeping; Democratic victory In . the nation, th ( tfrtHlnly of the early elimination of the present federal bunch from political IMij, and I emoeratic smlns in the s i.le legMaturc and In county officers ir v , ... of Hie larger counties of the. st ' " (u- doubling of the Democratic .o'' i liils county. Bull Moose Still "Moo." tlvc Progressives In this stale arc I far from downhearted and say that the "jh ;e vote polled In this stuie by the i I'togre'-vlve party, which conducted t lie f 'npnfgn practically without funds, was I Kr.irtely short of astounding. Thev I point out that the Progressive party 13 iow the opposition party in the nation and that tho old Kenuhlican narty now ' lie-omcs the "third parly." This, they I I love, will lv! the J'rogressives nd- ' norlty representation on all election bo-m;. and ohcrwlye. In this state, It pointd out. the. Progressive.-, now have a political party of legal standing , a id will not be forced to get on the I I allot bv petition, as wa.s the cac Ihlfj 1 for. Thev .say that they are to keep at work from now until llMi. when Ihey xpect to carrv the wtate. Socialists Are Happy, j .Vr.ong- the most gratified persons In 1iV Ftiiip at tin- result of the election in I ta'i are the Socialists. Returns on the SoJalit vote In several comities of the tat- an; not yet complete, but the in-i'IiuMoiih in-i'IiuMoiih are that the 5'orialists have double.! their vote in the state of four ear ago. The Sochillst ticket ran cs-iH'f-l.illv well In Salt I.ak Weber. Too-I Too-I f' Juab. Suniinlt. Wusatch. Utah and 1 t .niton counties. |